Press Releases

Performance Santa Fe presents Third Coast Percussion featuring Philip Glass’s first-ever work for percussion ensemble! In 2005, four classical percussion students at Northwestern University began giving educational concerts in Chicago. Fourteen years, one Grammy award, and numerous world premieres later, the members of Third Coast Percussion — David Skidmore, Robert Dillon, ...

Performance Santa Fe presents Julian Sands in Keats, Shelley, Ghosts and Lovers! After a sold-out performance during Performance Santa Fe's 2018-2019 Season, celebrated British actor Julian Sands returns to Santa Fe on Friday, September 20 for another one-man show filled with humor, drama, and his characteristic charm. This year, Sands will explore his favorite poems by John Keats and ...

Performance Santa Fe presents the Stars of American Ballet! For the 9th year in a row, Daniel Ulbricht, a “brilliant” (Dance Magazine) New York City Ballet principal dancer, will perform alongside his best-of-the-best ensemble in Santa Fe. The Stars of American Ballet, a dynamic troupe consisting of principals of soloists from the nation’s most renowned dance companies, ...

July 2, 2019, Santa Fe, NM — Performance Santa Fe, Santa Fe’s leading presenter of world-class music, dance, theater and performing arts education, today announced the appointment of Chad Hilligus as its new Executive and Artistic Director, effective July 15, 2019. Mr. Hilligus has produced, directed or performed in more than 300 shows ...

Performance Santa Fe is thrilled to announce its 83rd Season. Following a season of record-breaking ticket and subscription sales, Performance Santa Fe is proud to announce its 2019-20 Season. The upcoming season, which runs from July 2019 through June 2020, boasts 18 world-class performances of music, dance, and theater. Performance Santa ...

Performance Santa Fe presents the Los Angeles Master Chorale: Lagrime di San Pietro! Visionary director Peter Sellars and the formidable Los Angeles Master Chorale have achieved "a major accomplishment for music history" (Los Angeles Times) through a powerful a cappella work by one of the most revered composers of the Renaissance period. Orlando di Lasso's final composition, Lagrime di San ...

Performance Santa Fe presents the Emerson String Quartet! The Emerson String Quartet—"arguably the world's best group of chamber musicians" (Fortune)—has been a dominant fixture in the chamber music scene for over four decades. Since its start as a student ensemble at the Julliard School in 1976, the quartet has garnered vast critical acclaim and ...

Performance Santa Fe presents the Havana Cuba All-Stars! After a joyously-received debut two years ago, the Havana Cuba All-Stars are returning to Santa Fe with a brand new program: Asere, meaning Friendship. This new tour continues the ensemble's mission of promoting Cuba's rich cultural legacy through the infectious rhythms of Cuban Son—the base of modern salsa and ...